Pastor Helena Raquel’s Viral Sermon Urges Abuse Reporting and Condemns Church Cover-Ups

Overview

• Short clips from her Gideões sermon in Camboriú have surpassed 14.6 million views this week, with public figures such as Xuxa sharing them.
• From the stage, she told women to stop praying for abusers, find a safe place, and file reports at women’s police stations, and she named the Ligue 180 and Disque 100 hotlines.
• She denounced what she called religious corporatism that shields offenders and warned churches not to transfer accused leaders to other congregations.
• She urged believers to leave congregations that hide abuse and called for church-based support networks with trained volunteers and psychological help.
• In a GloboNews interview on Wednesday, she said a pedophile is a criminal and rejected claims that a leader’s anointing places them above discipline, a stance covered alongside data showing 1,470 femicides in Brazil in 2025.